Institute 4PL Expansion/Systemic Change (Stages V&VI)

Walk-Throughs

Institute staff, accompanied by school leaders, will conduct a formal review by spending time in each classroom and observing designated elements of personalized learning in action. Feedback will be provided based on observations, including suggested next steps for continuing to implement and scale personalized learning.

Peer Observation Rounds

Institute staff, accompanied by teacher teams, will conduct an informal walk-through review by spending time in each classroom and observing for designated elements of personalized learning. Feedback will be provided based on observations. This will also build staff capacity around observation, data collection, and analysis.

Consultative Analysis and Reporting

Institute staff will conduct individual and small group interviews and focus groups and collect other information related to personalized learning practices and processes. This service will support schools and school districts to understand areas of progress, potential barriers, and perceptions of stakeholders throughout personalized learning implementation activities and phases. A follow-up report will include key themes related to strengths, opportunities for growth, and recommendations for action. Analysis could include:

Interview protocol

Honeycomb Alignment Continuum

Learner look fors

Six-step instructional process

For Leaders

Going to Scale Network

This network is a good fit for district teams who have begun to implement personalized learning experiences in their classrooms and have developed frameworks for the strategic expansion, development, and eventual system-wide impact. This group meets to discuss and share strategic frameworks to scale personalized learning. Experiencing different districts’ context and framework is essential to make and sustain connections across the network. Leaders in this network are expected to reflect on their current personalized learning framework, as well as possible artifacts and examples that are representative of their strategic plan.

Equity Network

The Equity and Personalized Learning Network is designed to ensure equity is prioritized into the concept of a learner profile and infused into the personalized learning framework. The network will explore the connections between equity and personalized learning, share current work, review research and best practice, connect to the DPI Equity Framework, and create action steps to move the work forward. This network is a good fit for leaders/teams who are looking for opportunities to learn from the network to better prioritize and align equity into instructional frameworks (including PL).